Intermittent fasting

I also intermittent fast and do keto. I do 16:8. Because I have a problem with late night snacking and eating, I choose to eat from 3:00 PM until 11:00 PM. During this time I eat two meals and one snack. For my snack I choose a salty and a sweet so I can satisfy all possible cravings or wants. Example: On Keto this could mean some lightly salted almonds and a square (or two) of dark chocolate 72% cacao or better (I choose 90% sam's choice most of the time for zero carbs). Dark chocolate is an aquired taste and you must move slowly as you change up the cacao amount. I do not do anything but black coffee or water during the 16 hours. I find it difficult to actually fit in two meals during just an 8 hour window. So one meal is pretty light so I can be hungry again later before 11:00 PM.
I am not sure exactly how much weight this has helped me to lose since I diet along with it. However, I think anytime you limit your window you will automatically be eating less calories, less carbs, less sugars, less sodium, less everything. And that should lead to extra weight loss for sure. If you work out heavy, just make sure you allow a bit of a snack before and after. If you work out lightly, choose anytime for snack. I do believe that our body usually takes care of most things for us so IF is not something that we generally HAVE to do. However, I think even our bodies can use breaktimes and vacations and that is how I view IF. I feel that my body will run more efficiently if it gets it's breaks.

If I have a social event or am traveling and eating at restaurants, I usually skip IF for that day. Then I am taking the break or the vacation from IF. Remember to still be mindful of your macros (your plan). Watch those calories and/or carbs (whichever diet you've chosen). Log your food. Continue to exercise and to drink your water. This is just another tool to go along with all the other great things you are already doing for yourself. Good luck to you.

I'm doing IF with Keto. I'm also doing some EF.

I've done 16:8 for a while, but with my insulin resistance and constant snacking during the open window, I added on some EF, as well as restricting my meals to be only once per day, except for special occasions.

IF and EF is something you just have to get used to.

A trick I've learned when I start to feel hungry during fasting period, is to drink a cup of bouillon (broth), and after that I can easily go another 2-3 hours and not feel a thing.

One thing though... DRINK A LOT OF WATER! Water, tea, and/or coffee without sugar/honey/cream/milk is the way to go. You can have as much as you want of these as well as bouillon/broth.

Please, feel free to add me, so we can follow each other on this journey.

For anyone interested in IF, I HIGHLY recommend to read the book "The Obesity Code" by Dr. Jason Fung, as well as watching his youtube videos.

I'm doing 16:8 IF this month, I had a lot of success with it back in September and am hoping to see similar results this time around. My window will be 11:00a-7:00p, and the real challenge will be that I am at work outside of the eating window, overnight. Let's not talk about the amount of holiday goodies in the break room

I'm also trying to incorporate IF and am a complete newbie!